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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay" I0 K7 @- N! Z4 p5 n1 j& h, v+ |
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,
: j2 ?- U; T: j' ~+ p: V2 S: ^1 ZFrom the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
`) B, T7 s- c$ H4 ZAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.2 f( `- e5 x7 ?7 C b% k2 _- g4 p. p# t
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
! e6 x' x$ Z" e2 EWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;9 [9 _( h6 }! W) y9 K- D
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
$ l% c9 ^ t/ H1 f' |Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.3 a5 c! M1 P2 p6 P. @
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
$ O: I0 E- d& G p4 mAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,
9 M% L5 |& y! \1 c) Y& @Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
! p# Q7 O5 z1 o1 \( M; O& qAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.; G' [" m6 C% \" e7 {
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
# F3 ?8 L4 d' Z) @And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.6 d! I3 Q* s! o$ u9 @
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,, h, R0 t! w! Q5 I
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.; S0 S+ l6 f! p9 \7 W& R+ G2 @7 s) X& V
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,+ m& R1 S4 \, s
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,. N( ~2 p6 o2 V* ?3 J
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
/ V) G$ P5 b2 y; p' [Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
6 Q F; J2 j& C$ @' @! t0 kOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,; {$ l9 M& D0 j% P" [9 p
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
. G9 }& N! x9 N* b% {Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
+ r b V7 n7 u* ]Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide
8 F/ D* T X2 k$ h- XAll the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side, O6 [% U# Y+ y9 o
In their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,- P+ X% [7 U* y( q: V9 \
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
- T2 D4 R7 _ j; [) k- h4 ]& UHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,) E5 z# ~5 f9 O% K
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
0 f4 N4 e; a) WFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,. a. l& t9 M9 _5 L
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.0 i) x+ i; [8 R/ z. `, P2 K5 i* v
----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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